So cool! I remember seeing Mr. Brey perform live on several occasions when I was living in Baltimore back in the early 2000s as a graduate student. That town, between the BSO and the Peabody, had such a rich classical musical culture
Wow. Super wow.I am thunderstruck... 🤩🤩 The few Popper etudes I learned back in the day were a HUGE struggle -- my poor teacher had to drag me across the finish line so many times... 😆😆 And I am thankful to this day for having learned them. Thank you for showing us how it's done! The "High School of Cello Playing continues to challenge and inspire (and infuriate) us all!
Bravo! 👏🏻 could you make a video on how to study this etude to be able to play it at your speed? I can’t bring it further up than “quarter note=80 “ 😭... I’ve tried slow practice and all the tricks in the book, but can’t seem to play it faster 😔 .... Thanks! And your playing is amazing! ✨
Hi there. The best advice I can give you is: 1. Choose fingerings which follow the underlying harmonic patterns (the famous sequence on the second page, for example, is actually very repetitious and predictable with sevenths and sixths occurring every two beats and moving through related keys-- A-flat major, diminished seventh to C minor, another diminished seventh, etc-- recycle the same basic fingering for these modulations); 2. Practice slowly with very early position shifts (avoid jerky movements and keep shifts anticipated and fluid); 3. Find a position on the bow which enables it to do most of the work with small movements-- don't labor over the bowing. 4. Drink lots of coffee.
So I’m learning this etude along with saint saens cello concerto, but I’m having trouble speeding them up and keeping a clean sound/tone at the same time. Any tips on how to solve this problem? Thanks
Technical passages always benefit from imposing a phrasing structure on them. Internal phrasing helps keep your thinking organized. Avoid playing fast passages without some kind of phrasing, even if it's just for yourself and not audible to a listener.
Just curious that any cellist out there could play the octaves in the 1st movement of the Dvorak Cello Concerto as so so fast, clean and smooth like J. Starker ? Thank you in advance.
@@cbrey Starker's recording was done under controlled circumstances at a recording studio. With no disrespect intended to Starker, studios hire skillful and talented engineers who specialize in producing a perfect product. The playing here is marvelous -- done spur of the moment in a locker room. The main point of this etude is controlled sautele (sp) at a fast speed which the NYPO solo cellist executes beautifully. Thanks for posting.
What's the point of this comment? Yes, we know Starker is one of the all-time greats. Carter Brey is an incredible artist and musician - there is a reason he's the principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic - he is amongst a small percentage of people at the top of their field. What sense is there comparing who is "better" at this level of musician?
@@Kwert Ah yes ! There has had many other principle cellists of the NY Philharmonic before CB. I've been looking for just one cellist could play the Popper 6 better [raising the bar per se] than or equal to JS and finding none thus far. So I could [safely] tell myself that nature had been so so kind to JS and only to JS. TY
So cool! I remember seeing Mr. Brey perform live on several occasions when I was living in Baltimore back in the early 2000s as a graduate student. That town, between the BSO and the Peabody, had such a rich classical musical culture
Keep at it, you'll get there.
Wow. Super wow.I am thunderstruck... 🤩🤩 The few Popper etudes I learned back in the day were a HUGE struggle -- my poor teacher had to drag me across the finish line so many times... 😆😆 And I am thankful to this day for having learned them. Thank you for showing us how it's done! The "High School of Cello Playing continues to challenge and inspire (and infuriate) us all!
Nice!
Bravo! 👏🏻 could you make a video on how to study this etude to be able to play it at your speed? I can’t bring it further up than “quarter note=80 “ 😭... I’ve tried slow practice and all the tricks in the book, but can’t seem to play it faster 😔 .... Thanks! And your playing is amazing! ✨
Hi there. The best advice I can give you is: 1. Choose fingerings which follow the underlying harmonic patterns (the famous sequence on the second page, for example, is actually very repetitious and predictable with sevenths and sixths occurring every two beats and moving through related keys-- A-flat major, diminished seventh to C minor, another diminished seventh, etc-- recycle the same basic fingering for these modulations); 2. Practice slowly with very early position shifts (avoid jerky movements and keep shifts anticipated and fluid); 3. Find a position on the bow which enables it to do most of the work with small movements-- don't labor over the bowing. 4. Drink lots of coffee.
Amazing!
Amazing!!!
Bravo! Would it be ok if I'll "steal" the facial expression in 0:57?
I was wondering if you had tips for doing this piece without your left hand thumb cramping
Don't squeeze or "clamp" your left hand.
Nicely done!
So I’m learning this etude along with saint saens cello concerto, but I’m having trouble speeding them up and keeping a clean sound/tone at the same time. Any tips on how to solve this problem? Thanks
Technical passages always benefit from imposing a phrasing structure on them. Internal phrasing helps keep your thinking organized. Avoid playing fast passages without some kind of phrasing, even if it's just for yourself and not audible to a listener.
cbrey thank you so much! Any suggestions for etudes on string crossings?
Just curious that any cellist out there could play the octaves in the 1st movement of the Dvorak Cello Concerto as so so fast, clean and smooth like J. Starker ? Thank you in advance.
Pretty good but not close to Starker's recording.
I couldn't agree more! Now... where's your video??
@@cbrey I am a retired computer scientist but happen to love classical music, specifically violin, cello and viola, all my life.
@@cbrey Starker's recording was done under controlled circumstances at a recording studio. With no disrespect intended to Starker, studios hire skillful and talented engineers who specialize in producing a perfect product. The playing here is marvelous -- done spur of the moment in a locker room. The main point of this etude is controlled sautele (sp) at a fast speed which the NYPO solo cellist executes beautifully. Thanks for posting.
What's the point of this comment? Yes, we know Starker is one of the all-time greats. Carter Brey is an incredible artist and musician - there is a reason he's the principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic - he is amongst a small percentage of people at the top of their field. What sense is there comparing who is "better" at this level of musician?
@@Kwert Ah yes ! There has had many other principle cellists of the NY Philharmonic before CB.
I've been looking for just one cellist could play the Popper 6 better [raising the bar per se] than or equal to JS and finding none thus far. So I could [safely] tell myself that nature had been so so kind to JS and only to JS.
TY